[Glucagonoma syndrome report of one case and review of the chinese literature].

This paper reports one case with glucagonoma syndrome that resection of the primary glucagonoma in the pancreas was done. There was metastasis one in liver and lymph node. The definitive diagnosis was established by immunohistochemical analysis. The patient by immunohistochemical analysis. The patient remained well for 27 months and gained 5 kg of weight. Another experiences of diagnosis and treatment of 8 cases of malignant glucagonoma collected in chinese literature were reviewed. The clinical specialty of glucagonoma syndrome. diagnosis and management were discussed suggesting two points: on diagnosis the clinical specialty is a important clues: palliative primary tumor resection may be significant clinical improvement and prolonged survival.